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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024for•a•min•i•fer (fôr′ə min′ə fər, for′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. for•a•min•i•fers, fo•ram•i•nif•er•a (fə ram′ə nif′ər ə).USA pronunciation any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend. Also called fo•ram•i•nif•er•an (fə ram′ə nif′ər ən),USA pronunciation foram. - Neo-Latin Foraminifera, equivalent. to Latin forāmin-, stem of forāmen foramen + -ifera; see -i-, -fer
- 1835–45
fo•ram′i•nif′er•al, fo•ram′i•nif′er•ous, adj.
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